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Cryptarchinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae

Taxonomy
Cryptarchina was named by Thomson (1859). It is extant. Its type is Cryptarcha.

It was reranked as the subfamily Cryptarchinae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Kirejtshuk and Nel (2018) and Cai et al. (2022).

It was assigned to Nitidulidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Kirejtshuk and Nel (2018) and Cai et al. (2022).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Cryptarchinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2018Cryptarchinae Kirejtshuk and Nel p. 33
2022Cryptarchinae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyNitiduloidea
familyNitidulidae()
subfamilyCryptarchinae()
subfamilyCryptarchinae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Cryptarchinae Thomson 1859
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Tr. Cryptarchini Thomson 1859
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G. Cryptarcha Shuckard 1839
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Cryptarcha semiglobosa Kirejtshuk and Nel 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Selandian or 61.60000 to 59.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) Cryptarcha semiglobosa (123463)